Torres mega-thread

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

We should put a fiver bid in for dogbreath and lumpard, payable in 5 yearly installments.

[Son of L8]

You bastard... When I saw the thread title I was expecting him to have torn a hamstring or snapped an ankle or split a few ends of his beautiful hair.

 

He's not for sale, so what does it matter? Chelsea want, doesn't mean Chelsea get.

[Beantown Red]

My belief is that Liverpool should sell Torres if an offer of £45-50 million comes in for the striker. It’s unreasonable to expect that his value will exceed that in the next few years. And with £45-50 million in the bank, Liverpool could purchase footballers such as striker Luis Suarez for £20 million, midfielder Charlie Adam for £14 million and another proven striker, such as Diego Forlan, for up to £16 million to partner Suarez up front. Three players for the price of one sold. It’s something that Liverpool should seriously consider.

 

Forlan is only 31 and £14 million for Adam sounds too low!

[Byrnie]

Yeah I read that, had been for a couple of seasons, I think if we said it wasn't enough for Torres rather than he's not for sale they'd come back with an improved bid, probably just over 40m.

 

At that point I think Suarez is a good buy at 20m, not that I'm suggesting selling Torres, I'm just thinking about the price we're willing to pay and the price Ajax believe Suarez is worth.

 

Yep, I knew what you were getting at. Was just throwing it out there.

[RoboRiise]

Factors like shirt sales have to come into it too. Isn't Torres the biggest seller worldwide?

 

 

I thought it was Fred Perry. Or maybe Ralph Lauren.

[Arl arse]

If its not on the Guardian website at 5:30 I'm not believing a word of it.

[paddyberger15]

Tell them they can have Skrtel for a quid. No, scrub that, they can have Skrtel and Konchesky for a quid. Or their replacements, atk and Dougie Do'ins for a tenner. Paid over a thousand years.

[Red Phoenix]

When I saw the thread title I was expecting him to have torn a hamstring or snapped an ankle or split a few ends of his beautiful hair.

 

Thought he was injured too. Good to see it was just a bit of comedy instead.

[The Special One]

Christ, are people comparing Suarez to FERNANDO TORRES? No. Just no.

[Trucker Paddy]

I think this Torres bid may bring us back to the table with Ajax.

There's 42 points left to play for anything can happen, and FSG may have to pay a bit more than they wanted but should just go out and tie up the Suarez Nzogbia and Adam deals in next 48 hours, I've no doubt we've made bids for players, but if we don't bring in players after selling Babel(no loss) and likely Jovanivic and Konchesky, there's no excuses and it shows us as having little ambition to players and fans alike.

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

I think this Torres bid may bring us back to the table with Ajax.

There's 42 points left to play for anything can happen, and FSG may have to pay a bit more than they wanted but should just go out and tie up the Suarez Nzogbia and Adam deals in next 48 hours, I've no doubt we've made bids for players, but if we don't bring in players after selling Babel(no loss) and likely Jovanivic and Konchesky, there's no excuses and it shows us as having little ambition to players and fans alike.

I think the Nando bid was because we have put a bigger bid in to Ajax.Thats the reason the chavs have put the bid in,thinking we might sell,otherwise they wouldnt of knowing we would not sell.

 

Have to wait and see also I think the Jova deal is dead.

[Reacher]

I think this Torres bid may bring us back to the table with Ajax.

There's 42 points left to play for anything can happen, and FSG may have to pay a bit more than they wanted but should just go out and tie up the Suarez Nzogbia and Adam deals in next 48 hours, I've no doubt we've made bids for players, but if we don't bring in players after selling Babel(no loss) and likely Jovanivic and Konchesky, there's no excuses and it shows us as having little ambition to players and fans alike.

 

I hope so, if these bids carry on into the summer and we're nit signing anyone, we've no chance of keeping hold of him. So bye bye snagging any world class players.

[lfclad_4eva]

Torres is liverpool, LIVERPOOLS number nine, and we all fucking love him, why would anyone want to sell him! It's absurd! To swap him for anyone else wouldn't be right! Now let's stick our middle fingers up to chelshit! Pull our fucking fingers out get suarez Adam and Jarvis and push on and get back where we belong, champo league and winning things! Come on FSG!

[Markmywords]

Sends the shits up me, stuff like this

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I think the Nando bid was because we have put a bigger bid in to Ajax.Thats the reason the chavs have put the bid in,thinking we might sell,otherwise they wouldnt of knowing we would not sell.

Sounds like that got a fairly firm "fuck off" this time. Compare that to that mumbling nobhead's response to the hack who asked him about speculation linking Nando to the mancs.

[Randy Marsh]

Tell them to fuckin do one.

 

I can't say this surprises me though. The longer our squad continues to be understocked with players of Torres' class, the closer he is to the exit door. He's been given promise after promise and fed lie after lie from the likes of Purslow about the investment he should expect and it always fails to materialise. It's looking like we are going to see another window of Liverpool Football Club making a profit too, unless something happens in the next 4days. We have to start making statements that will keep the likes of Nando and Pepe on side, because if our ambition continues to fall short then they have every right to look at other clubs. Stumping up the money for Suarez in the next few days would be a good start.

[YNWAViking]

"LFC could not turn down a 60m offer for Torres without breaching the terms of his contract"

 

Tony Barrett (TonyBarretTimes) on Twitter

[Paco]

Does this £50m buyout clause even exist?

 

It means he can decide to leave if someone offers 50m.

[Randy Marsh]

What an outstanding piece of business adding this clause in was! Dick heads.

[YNWAViking]

"Just to clarify, no indications whatsoever from Torres that he wants to leave LFC"

 

Tony Barrett (TonyBarretTimes) on Twitter

[RedRoadEnd]

From Nando's pt of view, we've sold Keane, Xabi, Masch and replaced them with nobody, Mereiles and Poulsen. 70 odd m in, 15m out. Not exactly the statement of winners is it.

 

I don't think NESV are that arsed by "pure footballing reasons". Maybe our arguments should appeal more to greed, ooops "commercial factors".

 

Its like this. U see Scum Utd, Barce, Real M shirts all round the world. There used to be a lot of LFC ones. You see a few Chelsea, and a few Milan ones if they have a glittering team. But u virtually never see Bayern, Athletico, Ajax etc etc

 

In that way, football IS like a business. The big names - Adidas, Nike, Microsoft etc. And the also rans - Joma, Ubuntu etc etc

 

No-one will wear the shirt of a selling club in Asia or wherever. Its not gonna happen. The big names can afford more money on a player - Real M, the Mancs, because they can get the money back! So 40m/ 50m on a player etc makes massive "commercial sense".

If we piss around with Ngogs and Adams etc we lose the revenue.

Message to greedy corporate pigs in football, YOU CANT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT.

INvest or die is the name of the game.

[JohnnyH]

Can I just again say a big thanks to Christian Purslow.

[billybonzo]

Yeah, Thanks Cp.

[emryscb]

i really hate this shit. Just watching 'sports' news on TV 3 we are apparently selling torress to find suarez and adam - FUCK OFF you agenda driven tabloid CUNTS

[Frankenhooker]

I don't even believe Torres has a clause in his contract.